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"What was the spirit in her, the essential thing, by which, had you found a crumpled glove in the corner of a sofa, you would have known it, from its twisted finger, hers indisputably?" Always the essential, and ultimately mysterious, question for Woolf.

Martha Nussbaum has a terrific essay on the problem of knowing others in "To the Lighthouse," called, "The Window: Knowledge of Other Minds in Virginia Woolf's 'To the Lighthouse.'"

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The essay you recommended from "Mimesis" was (as you said) a fantastic close reading of the brown stocking chapter. I'll look forward to reading this essay as well. Thank you for the recommendations.

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Lily’s searching for the essence of Mrs. Ramsey, how to describe it, the “glove’s twisted finger” is amazing.

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